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Subject: [NYNAS ] Ruth Brewster (nee Baumann), Garden City NY, 1991
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 16:43:05 EDT
On 9/26/03 (2:27:21 PM MDT), as part of an eMail, Diane (Baumann) Hoyt
() wrote,
"My query today regards my 1st cousin 2ce removed - Ruth BAUMANN BREWSTER.
She was born to Edward & Kathryn Baumann on 3 Dec 1922 in Brooklyn. She lived
in Garden City when she passed away on 20 Jan 1991. She was the widow of
Alfred Brewster who died in 1978. The Garden City clerk would not give me a copy
of her death certificate because I am not immediate family. She is my link to
a living cousin. I am so close I can taste it but, I need someone to help me
find an obituary. I guess Newsday would be my best bet?"
For an obit, in addition to NEWSDAY, you might try the Garden City News:
GARDEN CITY NEWS
821 Franklin Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530
eMail:
http://www.gcnews.com/
Otherwise, for questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Garden
City Public Library:
Garden City Public Library
60 Seventh Street
Garden City, NY 11530
Tel: 516/742-8405
Fax: 516/???-????
eMail:
http://www.nassaulibrary.org/gardenc/
The pertinent geography:
Garden City is a village (incorporated in 1919) in the north-center section
of the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, along the Hempstead/North Hempstead
town line. There are 22 villages and 36 hamlets (unincorporated areas) all or
partly within the Town of Hempstead. There are 2 cities and 3 towns in Nassau
County. (I'm including after my name a NYS Geographic Glossary with the NYS
definitions of county, city, town, village, hamlet and postal zone.)
Beginning on its northern border and proceeding clockwise: The Village of
Garden City in the Town of Hempstead is bordered on the north by the North
Hempstead/Hempstead town line (the Village of New Hyde Park, the Hamlet of North
New Hyde Park, the Village of Mineola and the Hamlet of Carle Place, all in the
Town of North Hempstead); on the east by the Hamlet of East Garden City; on
the south by the Village of Hempstead, the Hamlet of West Hempstead, the Hamlet
of Hamlet of Garden City South and the Hamlet of Franklin Square; and, on the
west by the Village of Stewart Manor and the Village of New Hyde Park.
And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities,
64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Village of Garden City has a different border
than does the "Garden City, NY 11530" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a
Garden City mailing address and not be in the Village of Garden City and a place
can be in the Village of Garden City and have other than a Garden City
mailing address).
............................................acres
.....Village of Garden City.......3,414*
.....Garden City, NY 11530.....4,859
* Includes 1 acre of the Village of Garden City that's in the Town of
Hempstead.
As you can see from the above, about 30% of the places that have a "Garden
City" mailing address are not in the Village of Garden City. Most of these
places that have a "Garden City" address that are not in the Village of Garden
City are in the Hamlet of East Garden City, the Hamlet of Garden City South and
in the Village of Stewart Manor. Simultaneously, there are places in the
Village of Garden City that have a "Mineola, NY" mailing address. (The Nassau
County county seat is in that part of the Village of Garden City that has a
"Mineola, NY" mailing address.)
For those who have their copy of the 2002 or earlier editions of the LI
Population Survey or have already downloaded the report from the Long Island Power
Authority web site (eMail me directly if you need instructions on how to
access and download the report), you'll find the Village of Garden City
(incorporated in 1919) in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County on pages 5 & 8 (map) and 9
(population estimate).
I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.
L'Shannah Tovah* & Happy 5764,
Walter Greenspan
* L'Shanah Tovah (li-SHAH-nuh TOH-vuh; li-shah-NAH toh-VAH)
Hebrew. Lit. for a good year. A common greeting during Rosh Hashanah and Days
of Awe. It is an abbreviation of L'shanah tovah tikatev v'taihatem (May you
be inscribed and sealed for a good year).
. Cities, Towns, Villages, Hamlets and Postal Zones in New York State
New York State is divided into counties.
County
A county is a municipal corporation, a subdivision of the state, created to
perform state functions; a "regional" government. All counties are divided
into cities, towns and Indian reservations.
City
A city is a unique governmental entity with its own special charter. Cities
are not sub-divided, except into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic
areas.
Town
A town is a municipal corporation and encompasses all territory within the
state except that within cities or Indian reservations. Towns can be
sub-divided into villages and hamlets.
Village
A village is a general purpose municipal corporation formed voluntarily by
the residents of an area in one or more towns to provide themselves with
municipal services. The pattern of village organization is similar to those of a
city. A village is divided into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic
areas.
Hamlet
A hamlet is an unincorporated area in one or more towns that is governed
at-large by the town(s) it is in. A hamlet is divided into neighborhoods, which
are informal geographic areas.
Postal Zone "City" and "Town"
A postal zone "City" and "Town" is an administrative district established by
the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the mail. Postal zone "City" and "Town"
may not (but are encouraged to) conform to municipal or community borders.
Thus, postal zone location does not always determine city, village or hamlet
location.
Please be aware: In many areas of New York State, the problem of
non-conforming postal zones leads to a situation where the majority of places have a
different community name in their mailing address than the community where that
place is actually located.
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